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Heels Offense Powers Past Gardner-Webb, 18-8
March 12, 2019 | Baseball
Chapel Hill – Six Tar Heels had multi-hit games for Carolina in the team's 18-8 win over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium.
The starting six-through-nine hitters in the Carolina lineup combined for 12 hits, 8 RBI and scored 11 of the team's 18 runs on the afternoon. That includes Danny Serretti, who went 5-5 with two RBI, three doubles and a pair of runs scored and Jackson Hestlerlee went 2-4 with a home run and four runs scored.
Eight different pitchers saw action for UNC including freshman Josh Dotson, who tossed an inning and two thirds of scoreless ball and picked up the win, the first in his college career.
Key Moments
Notables
Pitcher Records
Win: Josh Dotson (1-0)
Loss: Langdon Wilson (2-3)
UP NEXT
The Tar Heels will return to action Wednesday at UNC-Wilmington for a 6 p.m. first pitch.
Social Media
For all the latest on Carolina Baseball, be sure to follow the team at @DiamondHeels on Twitter and @CarolinaBaseball on Instagram.
The starting six-through-nine hitters in the Carolina lineup combined for 12 hits, 8 RBI and scored 11 of the team's 18 runs on the afternoon. That includes Danny Serretti, who went 5-5 with two RBI, three doubles and a pair of runs scored and Jackson Hestlerlee went 2-4 with a home run and four runs scored.
Eight different pitchers saw action for UNC including freshman Josh Dotson, who tossed an inning and two thirds of scoreless ball and picked up the win, the first in his college career.
Key Moments
- Carolina struck first courtesy of an Aaron Sabato RBI. With runners on second and third, the freshman sent a shot to left to plate Michael Busch for the first run of the game. Ike Freeman tried to round from second and score, but a perfect throw from the left fielder nabbed him, ending the early threat.
- Jackson Hesterlee hit a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the second inning, his second of the year. That extended the UNC lead to 2-0.
- Gardner-Webb put three runs on the board in the top of the third when Corey Howard lined a three-run double down the right field line against Tar Heel starter Will Sandy. It cleared the bases, giving the visitors a 3-2 lead.
- Carolina answered in the bottom of the fourth with three runs of their own. Danny Serretti plated two with a double, while Brandon Martorano singled in another, making it 5-3.
- Gardner-Webb's Langdon Wilson was able to end the threat in the bottom of the fourth inning, striking out Freeman, Caleb Roberts and Sabato consecutively to strand the bases loaded.
- After the visitors tied the game at five in the top of the fifth, Carolina used the bottom half to score seven runs. Led by Ike Freeman's three-RBI double to left, the Tar Heels jumped out to a 12-5 lead after five full innings.
- The bottom of the seventh inning saw three more UNC runs cross the dish, with RBIs from Ashton McGee, Serretti and Martorano. That boosted the score to 16-8.
- Hansen Butler worked a one-two-three top of the ninth, clinching the win for the Tar Heels.
Notables
- Tuesday marked the first five-hit game of Danny Serretti's career and the first three-hit game of Aaron Sabato's career.
- Ben Casparius (2.0 innings) worked his longest outing as a Tar Heel.
- Dylan Harris has now reached base in 13 straight games, a team high.
- 18 runs are the most scored by Carolina in a game this year, and 20 hits is the most had in a game.
- The Tar Heels picked up 20+ hits in a game for the first time since April 9, 2017.
- Danny Serretti picked up five hits against Gardner-Webb. He's the first Tar Heel to do so since Brian Miller had five hits since Brian Miller did so against Virginia Tech on May 14, 2017.
- Serretti is the first freshman Tar Heel to have a 5-hit game since 2014.
- The six-through-nine hitters in the Carolina lineup combined for 12 hits, 8 RBI and scored 11 of the team's 18 runs on the afternoon.
Pitcher Records
Win: Josh Dotson (1-0)
Loss: Langdon Wilson (2-3)
UP NEXT
The Tar Heels will return to action Wednesday at UNC-Wilmington for a 6 p.m. first pitch.
Social Media
For all the latest on Carolina Baseball, be sure to follow the team at @DiamondHeels on Twitter and @CarolinaBaseball on Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dotson, Josh (1-0)
L: WILSON, Langdon (2-3)
Batting:
2B: HOWARD, Corey 1
HR: KUNZ, Justin 1
RBI: KUNZ, Justin 1 ; HOWARD, Corey 3 ; REDMOND, Chandler 1 ; McGUIRE, JP 1 ; McLENDON, Mitch 1
SF: McGUIRE, JP 1 ; McLENDON, Mitch 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ROWDON, Ben 1 ; KUNZ, Justin 3 ; HOWARD, Corey 2 ; CLARY, Chris 1 ; LaSPALUTO, Ben 1
Batting:
2B: Freeman, Ike 1 ; Sabato, Aaron 1 ; McGee, Ashton 1 ; Serretti, Danny 3
HR: Hesterlee, Jackson 1
RBI: Harris, Dylan 1 ; Busch, Michael 1 ; Freeman, Ike 3 ; Sabato, Aaron 2 ; Inclan, Clemente 1 ; Hesterlee, Jackson 1 ; McGee, Ashton 2 ; Serretti, Danny 2 ; Martorano, Brandon 3
SF: Harris, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Busch, Michael 2 ; Freeman, Ike 1 ; Semper, Earl 1 ; Roberts, Caleb 1 ; Caufield, Tom 1 ; Inclan, Clemente 1 ; Hesterlee, Jackson 4 ; McGee, Ashton 3 ; Serretti, Danny 3 ; Martorano, Brandon 1
HBP: Hesterlee, Jackson 1
PO: Harris, Dylan 1 ; Freeman, Ike 1
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